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| India-Pakistan |
| Perv wins. Now what? |
| 2002-05-02 |
| Gen Pervez Musharraf, as expected, has won the referendum with an overwhelming 'yes' vote and opposition parties, equally predictably, have rejected the result and are grinding their teeth, hinting at the possibility of a new phase of confrontation between the two sides. Now, Qazi. Take a deep breath and calm down. Remember your heart condition. And your kidney stones. ARD [Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy] leaders are meeting in Islamabad on Friday to discuss the situation anew and decide the alliance's future course of action. And since Gen Musharraf, now being a directly elected president, will as a matter of right seek more powers for himself than the elected prime minister, and as COAS he will still play more important role in what he calls 'troika' which runs the country, opposition parties find themselves in a very difficult situation and see no future for themselves in his presence. If he has the nerve, he can break them. I don't think he has the nerve. He had a chance almost as good in January and he backed off when the heat died down... It does not take a Socrates' brain to predict that the two sides are on a warpath and results of fresh horn locking will not be good for the country. Kinda the story of Pak politix, isn't it? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |